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Madness in the skies across the UK as flight tax cut looms

Plane Talk: Flybe’s second demise will barely be noticed once the domestic flight tax cut happens

The Independent UK

Recruitment agency opens new Black Country office

Swift Temps has moved to new premises as part of its growth plans

Birmingham Post

Eilish McColgan makes marathon ‘priority’ ahead of London Marathon debut

The 31-year-old won her first major title on the track at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The Independent UK

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Drink driver wrecks his Maserati in Birmingham city centre right in front of police car

Footage captured the moment the luxury car smashed into a set of railings in the centre of Birmingham just yards away from a police car, as the intoxicated driver then got out in a daze

Daily Mirror

Inside violent cul-de-sac in Birmingham's most deprived area where locals live in fear

One dad in the Druids Heath crime hotspot keeps a weapon in the doorway and has cameras covering every angle, while other residents say that they are too scared to walk their own streets

Daily Mirror

Struggling tenants of Nadhim Zahawi's family firm 'lost businesses due to late rent'

A Birmingham small business owner was forced to shut down his barbershop after being hounded for unpaid rent money by embattled minister Nadhim Zahawi's family firm

Daily Mirror

Lewis Capaldi fan told she may be 'dumped' for 'choosing' him over boyfriend during gig

The Pointless singer spoke to a woman in the front row during his gig in Birmingham last night.

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Opening date announced for Karen's Diner where staff are trained to be rude to customers

Don't expect a warm welcome at this diner

Wales Online

HS2 will go to Euston after all, chancellor confirms

‘I don’t see any conceivable circumstances in which that would not end up at Euston,’ Jeremy Hunt says

The Independent UK

Irish family reveal six-year legal battle in Qatar over daughter’s severe injuries

Birmingham-based Soffe family still fighting for compensation after fire in Gulf state left Elizabeth with life-threatening burns

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston

The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.

The Independent UK

Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg

Chancellor insist scheme will happen; one analyst says 'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend'

Birmingham Post

HS2 ‘should be cancelled’ amid reports it may not run to central London

Lord Berkeley called for the tens of billions of pounds being invested in the project to be diverted to improve mainline railway services.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt says ministers committed to HS2 running ‘all the way to Euston’ – as it happened

Comments come after reports that north-south railway route could terminate to the west of London; chancellor also says ‘best tax cut right now is a cut in inflation’

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Daily Mirror

HS2 in CHAOS as Tories won't deny £60bn rail scheme may not run to London Euston

Britain's flagship HS2 rail could end up only running to the suburn of Old Oak Common in West London rather than the central Euston location as the shambles sparks fears the Birmingham to Crewe and Manchester legs could also be scrapped in their entirety

Wales Online

Delivery men 'left new sofa jammed on the stairs' says furious homeowner

Furniture firm disputes homeowners version of events

Birmingham Post

BT to welcome over 400 apprentices and graduates in September

The new roles are spread across a number of locations including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Ipswich, Leeds, London and Manchester

Liverpool Echo

Homeowner slams delivery men who left £2,000 couch stuck on stairs like in Friends

The incident resembled the famous Friends 'pivot' scene

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Birmingham Post

University rail station delayed for a third time

MP says delay 'is a huge blow for our city and our region'

Daily Record

Homeowner fumes as delivery men leave damaged sofa jammed on stairs after 'trashing walls'

Luke Ansell has slammed the furniture firm designersofasforyou.co.uk and claims the men damaged his walls and the couch in a failed attempt to deliver it upstairs.

Daily Mirror

Fury as delivery men abandon £2,000 sofa in staircase like famous Friends scene

Luke Ansell ordered a new sofa for his home in Bournemouth but says workmen from Designer Sofas 4U left it jammed on the stairs after failing to deliver it to his flat

Birmingham Post

New images of 'once in a generation' Smithfield redevelopment

Site set to include new public squares, markets and thousands of homes

Daily Mirror

Inside the 'cesspit' shopping centre with shuttered pub and shops set for demolition

The Kingstanding Shopping Centre in Birmingham will be mowed down to make way for a Lidl after planning permission was granted - only three shops remain open among the shuttered storefronts

Birmingham Post

Junkyard Golf Club tees up US adventure as it eyes record year

The company is also hoping to open a new site in Birmingham later this year

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham club loses licence after fatal Boxing Day stabbing

Crane nightclub in Digbeth where Cody Fisher was killed described as having inadequate search regime and widespread drug use

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